Metallica's James Hetfield has reiterated his mixed feelings toward the band's mid-'90s output, calling 1996's Load and 1997's Reload "forced." The singer and guitarist reflected on Metallica's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earl's Court, London, October 12, 1996. Metallica are playing Enter Sandman to 20,000 baying fans when things start to go ...

Understanding how these words may be perceived by Metallica's faithful, Labonte urged, "And that is not a criticism — that is not a criticism." "I have put a lot of thought into this," stressed the ...

"It is interesting, because we have created our own mainstream, is what I believe," Hetfield told Clash after being asked if compromises are necessary in order to be accepted by the mainstream. He ...

Metallica have announced a remastered re-release of their 1997 album Reload, set to come out on June 26 via their own label Blackened Recordings. This updated version of the California metal giants’ ...

Metallica kicked off their career with a series of top-notch thrash metal albums. Kill ‘Em All, Ride the Lightning, and Master of Puppets set the standard for what fans would expect from the band.

But he’s insisted he doesn’t regret his decision to support the direction drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist Kirk Hammett wanted to take. The twin albums found the band drifting further away from their ...

Confession time: I don’t hate Metallica’s ReLoad (I certainly don’t hate it as much as I hate Swansong; God, that album sucks). Maybe it’s the fact that it came out just as I was getting into hard ...

The mid-90s remains the most controversial period of Metallica’s career. The musical shift the San Francisco band took with the Load and Reload albums upset certain sections of their fanbase, though ...